Non-fatal Boating Attack

2017 Off Tutukaka, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

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📊 Attack Details
🦈 Species Information
🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact
🔗 Related Attacks

📊 Attack Details

📅 Date & Time

2017

⏰ Time unknown

📍 Location

Off Tutukaka, North Island, NEW ZEALAND

🌍 NEW ZEALAND

🏊 Activity

Boating

⚕️ Outcome

No Injury

🟡 Non-fatal

👤 Victim Details

Age: Unknown

Gender: M

🏷️ Attack Type

Watercraft

🩹 Injury Details

No injury, shark bit canoe

🦈 Species Information

Unknown species

4973 documented attacks in our database involved an unknown species.

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🧠 Shark Myth vs. Fact

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Sharks are colorblind.

Sharks must keep swimming or they will die.

Sharks can only live in salt water.

All sharks are dangerous to humans.

Most shark attacks occur in shallow water close to shore.